I am getting visits from Doubt -- the Evil Twin of Guilt. Did we succumb to that social pressure to euthanize our dog? And yes, as our Commenter yesterday shared -- there is absolutely pressure to give a dog that final so-called "gift".

The death of a beloved dog rips apart the fabric of our lives, just as any significant loss does. It is an experience that is both profoundly personal -- and also universal. There is comfort in company -- in knowing that others understand -- and deep loneliness and sorrow as one sits with the very personal, private loss that nobody else can truly know. The reality that we all experience grief does not diminish the magnitude of it for any one of us when it is ours.

I really love our Kaibab families and wish I had time to become BFF's with every one of them. Recently I have received some fun pictures from some of our families and I wanted to share them -- youngest to oldest.

I get up, which causes such excitement that someone -- probably Asia -- leaped on the bed and landed on Dear Husband. First Item on List: Worry that Dear Husband's spleen ruptured and he bleeds to death since he is on blood thinners, and his dose was too high when tested yesterday.